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Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says that the military-run country's upcoming elections cannot be credible unless the government allows freedom of information, her party said on Wednesday.
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate — who is serving a new 18-month sentence of house arrest —...

Anoma Fonseka , the wife of the arrested General (Retired) Sarath Fonseka, and lawyer Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa met yesterday evening Sarath Fonseka at the Naval apartment where he is presently being confined.
On Monday late in the evening, General Fonseka was taken into custody and confined to a...

The arrest of Sarath Fonseka on Monday late in the evening, has not clearly evinced any sympathy in the country. Asian Tribune reporters in Colombo, Jaffna and in the East inform that life is going on smoothly and the arrest of Sarath Fonseka has been considered similar to ‘a flee being removed...

The Sri Lanka Parliament has been dissolved at midnight on Tuesday the 9th February.
The gazette notification was issued by the President for dissolution of the Parliament.
The Commissioner of Election will announce the schedule for the general elections to elect a new Parliament comprises of 196...

The scene: office of an important person located at Rajakeeya Mawatha, opposite the Royal College, Colombo. The time: 10 p m on Monday.
The Provo Martial of the Military Police Brigadier Wijesri enters the Office with authority. He is accompanied by Maj Gen S R Manawaduge, Commandant of Western Pr...

Danuna Tilakaratna, the Arms Dealer son-in-law of former Common Opposition candidate General (Retd) Sarath Fonseka, is not only avoiding police questioning but also suddenly has vanished somewhere.
Police are searching for him high and low.
On the 1st of February Danuna Tilakaratne was asked to be...

The former Army Commander and later Chief of Defence Staff, General (Retired) Sarath Fonseka has been arrested around 10 PM on Monday at his office.
Already Asian Tribune has reported that Sarath Fonseka might be arrested and court martialed for charges of conduct unbecoming of an officer and...

Now that Gen. Sarath Fonseka is a retired person, questions are being raised whether a Retired General could be Court-martialed for charges of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman while he was in service.
Army sources said it could be done and he could be charged easily for one thing...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that the Centre and the states should launch coordinated efforts to tackle internal security threats. He was addressing the Chief Ministers' Conference on Internal Security in New Delhi. Dr Singh expressed concern over increase in infiltration attempts.
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The anticipatory bail application filed on behalf of Sarath Fonseka’s Arms dealer son-in-law Danuna Tilakaratne is to come up for hearing before the Fort Magistrate and Additional District Judge tomorrow when the Sri Lankan police is expected to present their position.
That Danuna Tilakaratne will...

A high drama in the Gokeralla Magistrate court was reported when the police moved to take into custody under the Detention Order, 25 suspected persons who were arrested on January 25, when they were traveling in a bus to an undisclosed destination.
Gokeralla Police who arrested them, kept th...

The Maldives will formalise its counter-terrorism agreements with India after renewed fears that Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is trying to establish a base in remote parts of the Maldives.
Indian intelligence bureau sources have been quoted as saying that the LeT “has nearly 1,000 oper...

Two bomb blasts in Karachi City of Pakistan on Friday killed 25 people while wounded over 100.
The first blast targeted a bus carrying Shiite Muslim worshippers, most of them women and children when a motorcycle rigged with explosives rammed into the bus near the Nursery bridge.
“Twelve people were...

Latest reports reveal that police are on the look out for Retired Maj. Gen. Sunil A De Silva who was the coordinating secretary to Retired General Sarath Fonseka in his election campaign.
The Retired Major General Sunil was the Mili tary Secretary when Sarath Fonseka was the Commander of the Sri L...

India has proposed Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan to discuss terrorism and any other issue that could lead to peace between the two neighbours.
Sources on Thursday said the offer of talks has been made to Pakistan and an official reply was awaited.
At the talks, India intends to raise t...

Today we celebrate the anniversary of independence after the liberation of the entire country from terrorist threat for the first time in 30 years.
I am proud to proclaim that we are in a position to raise the flag of Sri Lanka with dignity in the entire country, stated President Mahinda Rajapaksa a...

Everything was designated; who should be eased out from the position occupying; and even the names of persons to be appointed in key positions in the new administration was ready.
That is on the emergence of Gen Sarath Fonseka victoriously in the recent presidential elections. But that was not to be...

The Supreme Court has informed yesterday to the President’s Office that the new term of his six year - the second term will begin from the date of his swearing in and that could take place within two weeks of November 19, 2010.
Earlier on the 1st of February, President Mahinda Rajapaksa consulted t...

Latest reports revealed that Retired General Sarath Fonseka’s Arms Dealer Son-in-law has got himself admitted in the Asiri Hospital - a private hospital, located in Narehenpita, Colombo 5, to avoid facing the police interrogation.
In the meantime, yesterday he has filed through his lawyers...

The conspiracy to topple the Sri Lanka Government by retired Army Generals and officers begins to unravel as the police go into the investigation deep.
Recently, Retired Major General Upali Edirisinghe has been arrested in this connection. Asian Tribune has learnt that he is being interrogated by t...